Contestants struggle with tough parts of Miss Navajo pageant

(Times photos - Donovan Quintero)

Slideshow of Miss Navajo Nation sheep butchering competition.

By Alastair Lee Bitsoi
Navajo Times

WINDOW ROCK, Sept. 4, 2014

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(Times photos – Donovan Quintero)

TOP: Miss Navajo contestants Shannon Gorman, foreground, and McKeon Dempsey race against the clock as they compete in the Miss Navajo butchering and frybread competition in Window Rock.

MIDDLE: Miss Navajo contestants Ann Marie Salt, left, and sheep butchering partner Ronda Joe, waste no time in beginning their competition in the Miss Navajo butchering and frybread competition in Window Rock.

BOTTOM: Admirers and the attending audience takes photographs of the six Miss Navajo contestants (from left to right) Ronda Joe, McKeon Dempsey, Shannon Gorman, Farrah Mailboy, Ann Marie Salt and Koltey Tso.